Post Christian christians

One of the hardest soils on the campus today are the Post Christian christians. Many of the campus representitives of denominational Christianity are extremely left of lukewarm. In an attempt to reach out to these people, (after all, Jesus did die for them also) it becomes an exercise of walking on eggshells. It is like entering into an old minefield from an ancient war.

All progress is very slow and careful. Explosions happen all of the time. The good news is that it is mostly smoke and thunder. I find these types to be very self-righteous in their post Christian dogmatism. Yet they see us as the ones who are dogmatic. It takes great skill to keep the dialogue from digressing into finger pointing and name-calling.

A recent development is that a few from this camp are beginning to interact with us. This is due mostly to the efforts of a couple of 60-year-old long term veterans of the evangelical camp at the University of Minnesota who have kept bridges open between themselves and the “liberal” Christians.

The old guard of the liberal Christian left is still straight out of the 60’s and its pseudo-theology of “Liberation Theology.” http://mb-soft.com/believe/txn/liberati.htm They are from another planet. But stuck in the goo of this theo-muck are many sincere, believing brothers and sisters in the Lord. It is to them that these campus veterans have been reaching out. Pray that truth and light will penetrate the darkness that has fallen over the ancient church on the campuses.

Almost all of the old colleges and universities were places of higher learning meant to educate the ranks of the new Christian leaders of the day. Harvard, Yale, etc. were all historically theological training centers. Even many of the fraternities of the universities were once “holiness clubs” and bible studies. My old “frat” was Sigma Phi Epsilon and a little known fact is that its red door was speaking of the blood of Jesus. (Sig Eps, I encourage you to email me and I will tell you of Jesus Christ in your rituals and crest.)

As the traces of America’s Christian roots can be found on our monuments and buildings in Washington D.C., traces of Christian roots can still be found on most of the Ivy League campuses. Here at the University of Minnesota there used to be a chapel. Its early presidents had seminary degrees and held bible studies on baptism etc. This history has not yet been completely expunged.

If time permits maybe I will add more info about this in the future.